FILMOGRAPHY

Films featuring the cats over at Oingo Boingo and their songs.

FORBIDDEN ZONE (1980)

Very strange comedy starring The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.
Find out more about Forbidden Zone here.
Oingo Boingo would later include the theme song in their first record.

Songs:
forbidden zone

URGH! A MUSIC WAR (1981)

Over 35 bands participate in the battle for new wave!
Oingo Boingo appears with an awesome live performance of "Ain't This The Life"

Songs:
ain't this the life

LONGSHOT (1981)

A table football movie (heh) where the band plays the rare song "I've Got To Be Entertained"

Songs:
i've got to be entertained

THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982)

Teen sex comedy very much like the one below.
The unreleased "Better Luck Next Time" plays during a party, foreshadowing the protagonist's fate.

Songs:
better luck next time

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)

Teen sex comedy very much like the one above.
Ends with the then unreleased "Goodbye, Goodbye"

Songs:
goodbye, goodbye

SURF II: THE END OF THE TRILOGY (1983)

Yes, that is the movie's real name.
No, there isn't a Surf I. Or a Surf III.
Teen comedy where the antagonists are surfing punk-rock zombies.
Features the unreleased "Hold Me Back" and a special version of "Only A Lad"

Songs:
only a lad
hold me back

SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984)

John Hughes movie. In one scene, the creepy nerd (left) tries to seduce the protagonist by dancing to "Wild Sex".

Songs:
wild sex (in the working class)

BACHELOR PARTY (1984)

Yet another sex comedy, this one has an unrecognizable Tom Hanks.
Features three Oingo Boingo songs, with two being exclusively written for it.

Songs:
who do you want to be
bachelor party
something isn't right

WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)

Raunchy teen sex comedy with a theme song of the same name.
The question is, which came first?

Songs:
you guessed it

THAT WAS THEN... THIS IS NOW (1985)

Teen drama starring the jock from The Breakfast Club.

Songs:
just another day

BACK TO SCHOOL (1986)

The only time Oingo Boingo and Rodney Dangerfield were together in the same room.

Songs:
dead man's party

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986)

The sequel that no one asked for and no one deserved.
One scene plays the very fitting "No One Lives Forever"

Songs:
no one lives forever

SUMMER SCHOOL (1987)

Cheesy comedy featuring the equally cheesy, thankfully unreleased "Happy"

Songs:
happy

SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL (1989)

The rare "Winning Side" (played by Not Oingo Boingo) is heard during a prom scene.

Songs:
winning side